I am new to micro helis. I have tried some of the low cost 2 channel air hogs type micro helis. They are fun but you don’t have much control.

I was at a swap meet where there were vendors demonstrating these Syma gyroscope seris helis and I was floored with how easy they were to fly, and only $35. Well I purchased one and let me tell you this thing is great!

Unlike the airhogs and other 2 channel helis, this one will hold a heading all by itself. You can actually bang the tail boom while it is hovering and it will stop and hold heading with no input from you. You just have to control altitude with the throttle.

It won't do aerobatics, but for some low cost indoor fun, this thing is great! I have the 107, but they have a whole series and they all fly just as well.

This is strictly an indoor heli. It uses an infrared control system so flying outdoors might be a problem, but I did not buy it for outdoors. ANY significant breeze will likely upset it. But in the house it is great!

Mine has proven to be VERY tough. But if I break it I, I have one from someone else that is broken. The switch failed. So if I break something on mine I will strip that one. And if I can't fix it with that I will throw it out and buy another. They are so cheap.

earth, you will absolutely love it. I fly mine every day. Keep fly times to 5 minutes. Some guys fly to 7 minutes. Respect the lipo in this little guy like you would in the larger birds. One thing you may want to buy is a USB wall charger. I have heard of stories of the USB malf. and melt. You don't want this plugged into your PC when this/could happens.http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-cha...c110-250v-6237 (just for show).

They also sell USB chargers with several inputs for when you buy more S107's Have fun with your students. My daughter could never get away with that

Broke my Syma copter in a bizarre vacuum cleaner related accident. I was practicing nap-of-the-floor low level flying to be proficient at sneaking around the house below radar. My wife was winding the power cord onto the Dyson Animal. The flight path took the chopper through the Cord Danger Zone. As I passed mere millimeters over the power cord my wife wound a loop onto the vacuum handle. The skid hook the loop, the copter tilted to the right and rocketed sideways into the stand supporting the hermit crab terrarium snapping the balance bar attachment to the main rotor shaft. After several attempts to super glue the balance bar back into place, I have had to face the reality that I have to shell out the $6.24 for a replacement part.

Take it from me-vacuum cleaners are to be avoided. They are terribly dangerous machines.

All of my landings are three point landings if you count the spinner, too

Broke my Syma copter in a bizarre vacuum cleaner related accident. I was practicing nap-of-the-floor low level flying to be proficient at sneaking around the house below radar. My wife was winding the power cord onto the Dyson Animal. The flight path took the chopper through the Cord Danger Zone. As I passed mere millimeters over the power cord my wife wound a loop onto the vacuum handle. The skid hook the loop, the copter tilted to the right and rocketed sideways into the stand supporting the hermit crab terrarium snapping the balance bar attachment to the main rotor shaft. After several attempts to super glue the balance bar back into place, I have had to face the reality that I have to shell out the $6.24 for a replacement part.

Take it from me-vacuum cleaners are to be avoided. They are terribly dangerous machines.

OH darn What you should have done was ordered another S107. That way you could have kept the vacuum ravaged one as spare parts.

way to windy to go out side and play,plus it's club meeting night. i just flew the syma 107 in the living room and did figure 8's ,i still can't believe how well this thing flys......charging it to take to the meeting,and hope there's no ceiling fans blowing so i can show off my heli skills....lol...a chimp could out fly me still ,but all good fun.

narrow is the place to land...wide is the space to crash....choose the narrow way!

way to windy to go out side and play,plus it's club meeting night. i just flew the syma 107 in the living room and did figure 8's ,i still can't believe how well this thing flys......charging it to take to the meeting,and hope there's no ceiling fans blowing so i can show off my heli skills....lol...a chimp could out fly me still ,but all good fun.

Hi Stu
So very happy to see your enjoying her
Do have a wonderful time this evening
Take care dear friend
Yours Hank

"When wild the head-wind beat,Thy sovereign Will commanding, Bring them who dare to fly, To a safe landing."